Two-point vibrotactile discrimination related to parameters of pulse burst stimulus

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 74-79

  Perez, C A ^a   Holzmann, C A ^a   Jaeschke, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Tactile excitation; Tactile parameter optimisation; Two point vibrotactile discrimination; Vibrotactile excitation; Vibrotactile resolution

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HANDICAPPED PERSONS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

PULSE BURST STIMULUS; VIBROTACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VIBROTACTILE EXCITATION;

TACTILE READING AIDS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FINGER; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0033953972     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344692     Document Type: Article

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